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I would have suggested you name the thread Rock, Paper, Ragequit or something along those lines but ah well..

Perhaps we should start by scheduling a weekly event in steam group. Judging from memberlist Thursday and Saturday evenings seem like good choices, lets move forward on making those events and set some stuff up? Some fun IH games, if less people show up we can have some coaching sessions with bots or whatever activity suits the people we have.

As I said in the other thread, I really want this community to grow. So let's schedule an event right now for tomorrow, Thursday 2nd August at 8pm UK time (GMT+1 at the moment due to summer time).

This will be added to the Steam group later today, either when I get home, or when some enterprising soul who's not at work adds it on their own.

What the event will be is entirely dependent on you guys. If 5 beginners show up, we'll throw ourselves against bots and laugh at how terrible we are. If a few experienced players show up, then we can form up in a party and go pubstomping while you all laugh at how terrible I am. And if we get enough people appearing, then we can have some organized 5vs5 games.

I'd also recommend someone schedules something for early next week (since tomorrow is very short notice), but I can't commit to coming to that.

I'm speaking on Gerbil's (or Jurbil's?) behalf, but I'm pretty sure he's opened up his mumble channel to RPS dota players - that might be info worth adding. I won't post the details just in case though

So 5 newbie folk got together to go attack the matchmaking ladder last night. That was the most hilarious 2 games of DOTA I have ever had, and I cannot wait to do it again.

Highlights included:
- Communal panic in Mumble in the opening seconds of the first game when we realised we were in Single Draft mode
- Our desperate attempts to score a kill on Pudge at the end of the first game, which failed so miserably that I collapsed in hysterical laughter, and my wife stole my headset to ask the group to please stop killing her husband
- "Blood Bastard"
- Actually pulling stuff together and doing reasonably well in the second match. We still lost, but it felt like things were working more, and it was still an awesome time

uh actually i've been in for quite a time. So is this any active now ? (btw, steam account : vivlo). I won't probably play with mumble, nor on Old Continent hours in the following days, but i'm very willing to take part to any activity later ! Playing with a prepared team is the only way to at last go for that damned Roshan with a level 1 Ursa :>

So 5 newbie folk got together to go attack the matchmaking ladder last night. That was the most hilarious 2 games of DOTA I have ever had, and I cannot wait to do it again.

Highlights included:
- Communal panic in Mumble in the opening seconds of the first game when we realised we were in Single Draft mode
- Our desperate attempts to score a kill on Pudge at the end of the first game, which failed so miserably that I collapsed in hysterical laughter, and my wife stole my headset to ask the group to please stop killing her husband
- "Blood Bastard"
- Actually pulling stuff together and doing reasonably well in the second match. We still lost, but it felt like things were working more, and it was still an awesome time

Yeah, this was really great. Second match there was a period where I had the blink dagger, and me and Coccyx were goin' round, gankin' noobs where I think we both felt like the most badass people in the world; unfortunately they got wise to it and it all started to go wrong.

Damn Pudge.

Coccyx, did you get any footage? I'm not sure of your youtube channel, unfortunately, but it might be a good advertisement for people who worry DOTA is too elite for them.

I might be around this evening, depending on how the day pans out; don't wait up, anyway.

Yeah, this was really great. Second match there was a period where I had the blink dagger, and me and Coccyx were goin' round, gankin' noobs where I think we both felt like the most badass people in the world; unfortunately they got wise to it and it all started to go wrong.

Damn Pudge.

Coccyx, did you get any footage? I'm not sure of your youtube channel, unfortunately, but it might be a good advertisement for people who worry DOTA is too elite for them.

I might be around this evening, depending on how the day pans out; don't wait up, anyway.

Sounds like jolly good time was had by everyone. Too bad I missed or we might have got beaten even more... Ah well, probably can't make it tonight either so I'll be ready to get owned Saturday afternoon. Playing as a team (organized or not) is the way to go in DOTA.

Those matches yesterday were my first ones without someone experienced telling us what to do. All things considered, I'd say they went rather well! There's something to be said for trying to figure stuff out rather than just ask - especially when in the middle of a tense match.

Rakysh, I should be able to watch the replay and just fraps that -but without the coms it might lack something. Next time we've 5 beginners playing together, I'll be sure to record